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Wändi Bruine de Bruin is Professor of Behavioural Decision Making (with Leadership Chair) at the University of Leeds, where she co-directs the Centre for Decision Research. She also serves on the faculty of Carnegie Mellon University's Department of Engineering and Public Policy, and holds additional affiliations with the RAND Corporation, University of Southern California, and University of Michigan. She is a member of the scientific committee of the International Risk Governance Council, which brings together academics and policy makers to promote evidence-based policy making and policy-relevant research. She serves on the editorial boards of Psychology and Aging, the Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, and the Journal of Experimental Psychology:Applied. She has contributed to various expert panels and workshops, including for Health Canada, the US Federal Reserve, and the US National Academy of Sciences. Her ongoing research projects include (a) aging and decision-making competence; (b) financial distress in older adults; (c) public perceptions of climate change and extreme weather; (d) public responses to heat waves.

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